April 7 (UPI) -- The United States and Iran reached a two-week cease-fire Tuesday evening, less than two hours before President Donald Trump's deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face catastrophic consequences.

The lead-up to his April 7, 8 pm, deadline has been marked by military escalation and threats. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US President Donald Trump says the United States has agreed to a two-week Pakistani-brokered cease-fire, pulling back from the brink to allow the two sides time to negotiate a peace deal.

President Trump agreed to hold off on his apocalyptic promise to order the death of "a whole civilization" on Tuesday after Iran agreed to open up the Strait of Hormuz as part of a Pakistan-

Iran rejected proposals for a temporary ceasefire, instead demanding a permanent end to the conflict and lifting of sanctions

Donald Trump has threatened that "a whole civilization will die tonight" as Iran showed no sign of accepting his ultimatum to open the Strait of...

"I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON (April 8): US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was suspending bombing of Iran for two weeks but that Tehran must reopen the key Strait of Hormuz, barely an hour before his apocalyptic deadline to destroy the country was set to expire. After more than five weeks of blistering attacks on Iran by theRead More

The fundamental divides with Iran are as sharp as they were in February. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Hours before a US deadline for Iran to reach a deal or face intense attacks on power plants and other infrastructure, Pakistan urged President Donald Trump to give Tehran two more weeks to allow the two sides to reach a peace settlement.

Tehran reported that US-Israeli attacks on its infrastructure were already under way. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

He added: “I don't want that to happen, but it probably will"

In a social media post that drew immediate global condemnation, Mr Trump declared: "A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again."

Tehran, Apr 7 : Iranian officials on Tuesday urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, as US President Donald Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Tehran does not meet his latest deadline for the Islamic Republic to agree to a deal that includes reopening the crucial Strait […]

The President’s advisers saw Mr Trump’s escalating rhetoric as a negotiating tactic. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

“No threat is beyond our preparedness and intelligence,” says Iran's First Vice-President. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iranian athletes reacted to Trump's threat against Iran as tensions escalate over the Strait of Hormuz deadline and potential strikes on infrastructure.

Iranian athletes reacted to Trump's threat against Iran as tensions escalate over the Strait of Hormuz deadline and potential strikes on infrastructure.

Donald Trump agrees to suspend attack on Iran for two weeks after a ceasefire proposal, pending conditions on Strait of Hormuz. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The United States and Iran have agreed to a temporary ceasefire, allowing the Strait of Hormuz to reopen and easing immediate tensions in the region. According to Reuters, the deal was reached on...

Donald Trump's Truth Social post could 'be interpreted as a threat to commit genocide', said a former legal advisor commenting on the US president's threat that 'a whole civilization will die...

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